Thread: Need Tech Inspector & Dave Seversons thoughts

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Oh yeah, one other thing H.....

You're going to need to put a midget together for the kid.... I tried to get tickets for the Turkey Bowl this year in Tulsa, looks like the only way to get in is to go with a car.... Thought maybe you could help me out here?????

Dave,been working on the midget deal, may be able to fanangle him a couple rides this summer.Thought real hard about renting him a ride for the Chili Bowl
but that deals become so big that if you have never run in a previous one you have to run the tuesday night qualifiers and finish top 4 in the main just to get a chance to to run in one of the regular night qualifiers. "an almost impossible feat" I had the privelege of running in 12 chili bowls with the second one being my first,that building is so big that they had a boat show and a swap meet going on at the same time,wasn't a single enclosed trailer there even with the likes of Wofgang,Mcspadden,Schrader,etc. Nowadays it takes 2 plus days to get em all in there.I think there was 248 ? cars there this year. But if we get a chance to do it I'll be sure to let ya know.

Originally Posted by HWORRELL

Dave,been working on the midget deal, may be able to fanangle him a couple rides this summer.Thought real hard about renting him a ride for the Chili Bowl
but that deals become so big that if you have never run in a previous one you have to run the tuesday night qualifiers and finish top 4 in the main just to get a chance to to run in one of the regular night qualifiers. "an almost impossible feat" I had the privelege of running in 12 chili bowls with the second one being my first,that building is so big that they had a boat show and a swap meet going on at the same time,wasn't a single enclosed trailer there even with the likes of Wofgang,Mcspadden,Schrader,etc. Nowadays it takes 2 plus days to get em all in there.I think there was 248 ? cars there this year. But if we get a chance to do it I'll be sure to let ya know.

Speaking of Wolfie, was at his shop the other day.... He's building some non-disposable type sprint car chassis.... Since the big crash he's all about safety and affordability..... Nice stuff, of course!!!! Weird thing about Doug, he at one time was the best of the best----but all the time never forgot where he started out.... If you haven't got his new book yet, get it... Speedway has it on their site. Also, friend of mine just sold one of the Wolfgang 4X cars back to Speedy Bill. Ron restored it, then had it in the Museum at Knoxville.... Speedy Bill saw it and had to have it!!!! Anyway, the car is "back home" and in Bill's museum if you ever get through Lincoln.....

Yeah I want that book,we where just taking about it during the 500 party.
I've got Op's,Andretti's,Schrader's and Hewitt's books and they're all good.
Wolf was one of my hero's so gotta have that one. Been trying to get the kid to sit down and read em for awhile now,guess I forget he's 17 and only interested in split tail. But he sat down last week during the snow storm and read Hewitts Law.

Originally Posted by HWORRELL

Yeah I want that book,we where just taking about it during the 500 party.
I've got Op's,Andretti's,Schrader's and Hewitt's books and they're all good.
Wolf was one of my hero's so gotta have that one. Been trying to get the kid to sit down and read em for awhile now,guess I forget he's 17 and only interested in split tail. But he sat down last week during the snow storm and read Hewitts Law.

Man, I can't even remember 17.... So know that Ronnie sold the 4X car, he's working on restoring the very last Daryl Dawley super mod car that he built before the sprinters.... Don Reiners drove it (the guy who eventually drove for us) to a track championship.... Found the car over in Minnesota and brought it home.... Soon as it's done it's headed for the Knoxville museum, too...

Good old Op..... Sure do miss him... Had the privilige of racing against him both before and after his big nasty.... What a guy!!!! The original outlaw... I was in Indiana wrenching for Bob East the first summer Op "invaded" the area.... It was awesome to watch him race when he was in his prime.... At the old 18th Street Speedway one night he won the heat, the dash, and the main.....then wento out the back gate with the track owners daughter!!!! It was quite a summer, have to sit down and talk about it sometime with ya!!!!

Well, waiting for some pics, and tell the kid to keep his head screwed on straight... Sure be fun to get with you guys sometime for a bit of racing... I do need some moly, and Shapiro Supply is right there in St. Louis........

Howard, thanks for including me in your request, but I yield to Mr. Severson and others who have more experience than I do. I'm just an old carburetor kind of guy.

Well from what I have seen usually a port fuel injection engine will not make as much power as a carb. There are a few factors here but the main one is that the fuely does not give the same charge cooling effect as introducing the fuel at the carb. In addition many port jobs point the injectors at the opposite runner wall which reduces drivability at least.

However the port job can be very tunable and after a lot of experienced tuning it might overcome this. I would conclude that for naturally aspirated stuff EFI is better suted for street .................

Kitz